Privacy Policy

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The Sofra Kitchen ("we", "us", "our") is an independent food publication.

This policy explains what information is collected when you visit this website, how it is used — including by advertising partners such as Google — and the choices you have.

Information we collect

  • Information you give us: if you subscribe to our newsletter or email us, we receive your email address and anything you choose to include in your message.
  • Information collected automatically: like most websites, our hosting provider records standard server logs (such as IP address, browser type, pages requested and the date and time of the request) to keep the site secure and working.
  • Cookies and similar technologies: see the sections below and our Cookie Policy.

How we use information

  • To run, secure and improve the website.
  • To send the newsletter you signed up for. Every email includes an unsubscribe link.
  • To reply to messages you send us.
  • To show advertising that helps fund the site, where advertising is enabled and, where required, only with your consent.

Advertising and Google AdSense

This website does not currently display advertising. The information below describes how advertising will work when it is enabled, so that you know in advance; we will update the date at the top of this policy when that happens.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices or, in Europe, www.youronlinechoices.eu.

To learn how Google uses data when you use sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Other third-party ad vendors or ad networks may also serve ads on this site. Where they do, they are listed in the consent message shown to visitors in the regions that require it.

Personalized and non-personalized ads

Personalized ads are based on information such as your browsing activity. Non-personalized ads are based on contextual information such as the page you are viewing and your general location (for example, city level), and do not use your past behavior.

In the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland, personalized advertising is only used if you give consent through our consent message, which is provided by Google's certified consent management platform. If you do not consent, you may still see non-personalized or limited ads.

Analytics

We do not currently use an analytics service. If we add one (for example Google Analytics), it will be described here before it is enabled.

Where analytics is used, visitors in regions that require it are asked for consent first, and analytics cookies are not set until consent is given.

Your privacy choices

  • Change or withdraw consent at any time using the "Privacy Settings" link in the footer of every page.
  • Manage ad personalization in Google's Ads Settings.
  • Block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The site works without cookies, although some ads may be less relevant.
  • Unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link in any email.

Your rights

Depending on where you live — for example under the GDPR in the EEA and UK, or under US state privacy laws such as the CCPA/CPRA in California — you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of your personal information, to object to or restrict certain processing, to withdraw consent, and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for targeted advertising.

To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

Legal bases (EEA, UK and Switzerland)

  • Consent — for personalized advertising, advertising cookies and analytics cookies.
  • Legitimate interests — for keeping the website secure, preventing abuse and serving non-personalized ads where permitted.
  • Performance of a contract — for delivering the newsletter you asked for.

Data retention

We keep newsletter subscriber information until you unsubscribe, and emails for as long as needed to respond. Cookie lifetimes set by third parties are listed in our Cookie Policy and in the consent message.

Service providers and international transfers

We use trusted providers to host the website, send the newsletter and, when enabled, show ads and measure traffic. Some of them, including Google, may process data outside your country. Where required, these transfers are covered by appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.

Children

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page when our practices change — for example, when advertising or analytics is switched on — and change the "last updated" date at the top.

Contact

You can contact us at hello@thesofrakitchen.com or through our contact page.